Edward Malloy

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The Rev. Edward Malloy, C.S.C. (born May 3, 1941), nicknamed "Monk", served from 1987 to 2005 as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame. A native of Washington, D.C., he was elected by the Board of Trustees in 1986 after having served five years as vice president and associate provost. Father Malloy is a full professor in the Department of Theology and has been a member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1974. He teaches a seminar for first-year undergraduates each semester, and he makes his home in Sorin College, the oldest student residence hall on campus. Growing up in Washington, D.C., Malloy became good friends with John Thompson, who went on to coach basketball at Georgetown University. Malloy himself attended Notre Dame as an undergraduate on a basketball scholarship. He still participates in pick-up basketball games with undergraduate students.

His fifth book, Monk’s Travels: People, Places and Events, was published in August 2004 by Andrews McMeel Publishing, which also published his fourth book, Monk's Reflections: A View from the Dome. By many he is regarded less as an intellectual than as a "meat and potatoes kind of guy," which has endeared him to many of the undergraduates he has taught over the years. He was a co-editor of Colleges and Universities as Citizens, published in February 1999 by Allyn and Bacon. He also is the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters. An ethicist by training, he is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian Ethics.

Father Malloy led Notre Dame at a time of rapid growth in its reputation, faculty, and resources. The University's endowment totals more than $6.5 billion (15th largest among U.S. private colleges and universities). The "Generations" capital campaign raised $1.1 billion, far exceeding its goal of $767 million. The total raised was the largest in the history of Catholic higher education.

Father Malloy earned his doctorate in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975, and Vanderbilt honored him in 1998 with the establishment of a chair in Catholic studies in his name. He also has been awarded 22 honorary degrees. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967 and a second master's degree, in theology, in 1969 while studying for the priesthood. He was ordained in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame campus in 1970.

Father Malloy has been recognized by several prominent Irish-American organizations and is a recipient of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Balfour Silver Anniversary Award, given to former varsity basketball players who have distinguished themselves in civic leadership and service.

Father Malloy's service to higher education includes membership on the boards of Vanderbilt University and the Universities of Portland and St. Thomas and Notre Dame Australia. He has served in leadership roles as chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), and Campus Compact, and has been an active participant on the Business-Higher Education Forum, the general council of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the board of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the National Committee on Higher Education and the Health of Youth, the board of advisors of the Bernardin Center for Pastoral Leadership at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago, the board of directors of the NCAA Foundation, and the editorial advisory board of The Presidency, the magazine of the American Council on Education.

Father Malloy also has played a leadership role in efforts to promote community service and combat substance abuse. In addition to Campus Compact, his roles in encouraging social service have included being a member of the advisory board of the AmeriCorps and National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), a founding director of the Points of Light Foundation, member of the board of governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and a member of the State of Indiana Community Service and Volunteer Committee and the Indiana Commission on Community Service (Indiana AmeriCorps). As a Points of Light director, he was a key player in the 1997 President's Service Summit in Philadelphia.

In combating substance abuse, Father Malloy has been a member of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, President George H.W. Bush's Advisory Council on Drugs, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, and the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, for which he has chaired commissions on Substance Abuse Among America's Adolescents and on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities. He currently is co-chair of the subcommittee on college drinking of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a component of the National Institutes of Health, and for CASA, he now chairs the National Commission on Substance Abuse and Sports. Father Malloy recently served as chair of the Sports Wagering Task Force established by the NCAA.

Father Malloy has served the Catholic Church on the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Believers, the Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Bishops-Presidents committees of the U.S. Catholic Conference, the World Congress of Catholic Educators, and the Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation.